CouchDB on EC2 in 3 1/2 minutes
CouchDB is an open source document oriented database written in Erlang that allows you to model domains in a flexible manner
Provisioning a CouchDB instance in the cloud is easier than you think, baby! In fact, you can watch it done in 3 and a half minutes. In this video, an instance of CouchDB is provisioned (via aptitude) on an ubuntu 9.04 instance running on Amazon’s EC2.
As you can see, in many ways, this video and, of course, CouchDB embodies the core aspects of Development 2.0:
- capitalizing on open source technologies
- that is, fully leveraging open source technologies across the board from application servers, databases, and core frameworks of a solution
- borrowing infrastructures
- that is, renting (or borrowing) all levels of applications required for managing and running software applications
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3 comments Tuesday 10 Nov 2009 | Software Development
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This is so cool!
I just wrote a blog article an hour ago on setting up CouchDB + nginx + basic_auth, but your solution is simpler. I’m going to add a link to your blog right now.
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